Root Simple unrEVOked 3 rooting for stock Incredible or Evo on 2.2

sdrawkcab25 · Jul 16, 2011

masterdebater said:
Is there any prep for the Mac? I noticed that you didnt put anything down for mac users.

no prep for macs.

c03m0nk33 · Jul 16, 2011

I followed the OP to the letter. Installed the drivers correct. When plugging in my Incredible I see Android Composite ADB Interface under Android Phone in the device manager. I run reflash_package from my desktop. I starts to run, reboots once and then tells me "communications with phone unexpectedly interrupted". then i just hangs. Any advice would be appreciated.

- c03m0nk33

EDIT: The connection type was default to Mobile Broadband Connection. So on a reboot it would fail because of that. I did follow the directions, just didn't use common sense. Solved the issue by starring at my phone after reboot to see what might happen and bingo!!!

hewybo · Jul 31, 2011

i am (obviously) way late to this....want to get gingerbread on my stock (2.2) dinc. must root...your instructions for the H-BOOT drivers, within 4 lines, says "you do not have to uninstall htc sync"......then "you must uninstall htc sync, dropbox,...etc." i am confused -cannot afford to screw up device...help?

mema2.1 · Aug 14, 2011

This worked extremely well on my Incredible. After first run it said failed and I got the is your firmware too new message. I simply went back and redid it again and it worked perfect! Did my nandroid back up and I'm off!!

Thanks again this was extremely helpful, very concise and easy to follow!

veccster · Aug 18, 2011

OK...not understanding something here. I rooted following the instructions EXACTLY as listed. I see the Superuser in the app tray.

But...when I try to boot into HBOOT, it virbrates 3 times and does nothing. I can pull the battery and start it normally but I can't get into HBOOT. Any suggestions?

EDIT...nevermind...iowabowtech had the answer for me!

iowabowtech said:
Accidentally holding volume up plus the power button will give you the 3 vibes...it's Qualcom diagnostics mode. You want volume down plus the power button.

xfuchsiax · Aug 20, 2011

veccster said:
OK...not understanding something here. I rooted following the instructions EXACTLY as listed. I see the Superuser in the app tray.

But...when I try to boot into HBOOT, it virbrates 3 times and does nothing. I can pull the battery and start it normally but I can't get into HBOOT. Any suggestions?

EDIT...nevermind...iowabowtech had the answer for me!

I can't get into HBOOT, but I'm doing power button and volume down! Very frustrated

I made a new thread in case anyone else has this same problem... http://androidforums.com/incredible-all-things-root/400052-cant-reboot-into-hboot.html

cosmo · Oct 11, 2011

Many thanks! Worked flawlessly as advertised!

craigdavid · Oct 20, 2011

Thank you so much. worked perfect on DINC. quick and painless for a noob droid user.

NightAngel79 · Nov 16, 2011

prolly gonna try this tomorrow night! woo hoo!

RTDub · Nov 18, 2011

Just rooted my third Incredible. Great instructions.

NightAngel79 · Nov 18, 2011

swear im gonna do it this week sometime

Bob Denny · Nov 21, 2011

It's been a while since I looked at this thread. I'm glad so many people have been helped!!!

Amtrak23 · Nov 26, 2011

Can't get this to work properly. Keep getting "firmware to new" error.

I have superuser and clockworkMod on there, just no S-Off. I have removed the SD card, tried running it via "disk drive", etc. with no luck.

DINC
2.2
Software 3.26.605.1 CL264707
Build number 3.26.605.1 CL264707 release-keys

I don't want to do a factory reset until very last resort.

sdrawkcab25 · Nov 26, 2011

Amtrak23 said:
Can't get this to work properly. Keep getting "firmware to new" error.

I have superuser and clockworkMod on there, just no S-Off. I have removed the SD card, tried running it via "disk drive", etc. with no luck.

DINC
2.2
Software 3.26.605.1 CL264707
Build number 3.26.605.1 CL264707 release-keys

I don't want to do a factory reset until very last resort.

If you have superuser and clockwork all you need to do is flash the unrevoked forever patch in clockwork.

http://unrevoked.com/rootwiki/doku.php/public/forever

Rinzler · Dec 15, 2011

Just wanted to say thanks this worked awesomely! Very simple,painless,and quick.

Tvon76 · Dec 18, 2011

Help, I have a problem...

I ran the Unrevoked3 and got the "your done" message. My phone was fully booted.
Everything appeared to be normal.
I installed Titanium, that tells me I have root access.
However, I cant get into clockworkmod.
I can't do anything with rom manager.

Then I remembered that I did not format my sd card to fat32.
Here is where I messed up.

I copied the contents of the sdcard to my desktop, formatted to fat32, then copied contents from desktop file back to sdcard.
Then I ran the unrevoked3 again. It did not finish, instead it ended with the "firmware too new" message. The phone was still in HBOOT.
Next, somehow I inadvertantly selected "clear storage" and pressed the power button.

When I was booted up again, all of my downloaded apps were gone, as well as my contacts and settings.
I figured at this point I might as well do a factory reset too and just start over from the beginning.

After the reset, I was surprised to see I still had my email settings.
I went into HBOOT, still S-off.
Rebooted and ran Unrevoked3 again and got the same results as above.

All seems to be ok, except I'm not rooted and I can't access the Wifi setup.

What should I do now ?

sdrawkcab25 · Dec 19, 2011

Tvon76 said:
Help, I have a problem...

I ran the Unrevoked3 and got the "your done" message. My phone was fully booted.
Everything appeared to be normal.
I installed Titanium, that tells me I have root access.
However, I cant get into clockworkmod.
I can't do anything with rom manager.

Then I remembered that I did not format my sd card to fat32.
Here is where I messed up.

I copied the contents of the sdcard to my desktop, formatted to fat32, then copied contents from desktop file back to sdcard.
Then I ran the unrevoked3 again. It did not finish, instead it ended with the "firmware too new" message. The phone was still in HBOOT.
Next, somehow I inadvertantly selected "clear storage" and pressed the power button.

When I was booted up again, all of my downloaded apps were gone, as well as my contacts and settings.
I figured at this point I might as well do a factory reset too and just start over from the beginning.

After the reset, I was surprised to see I still had my email settings.
I went into HBOOT, still S-off.
Rebooted and ran Unrevoked3 again and got the same results as above.

All seems to be ok, except I'm not rooted and I can't access the Wifi setup.

What should I do now ?

Do you have superuser in the app drawer? If you do, go into manage applications and clear the data. Then download from manager from the market and flash clockwork recovery. But first go into the options and check the option to erase recovery before flashing.

Tvon76 · Dec 19, 2011

Thanks for your help...
I was working on my PC. Then since my post, I tried this on my laptop last night.

This time, the unrevoked batch process indicated “Success !” and then “Done”
My phone did not display any error messages and finished in a black screen with orange scrolling text and then the phone rebooted.

Wi-Fi still displays “error” when I tap it.

I downloaded Rom manager and initiated Flash ClockworkMod recovery, and it completed without error. Current recovery: ClockworkMod 5.0.2.0 ( I did not Erase Recovery first )

I have Superuser Permission app in the drawer, but not Superuser. Neither shows up in Manage applications.

I also download Titanium backup. It shows Root access: OK (BusyBox 1.18.4-Titanium from app)

I don't know if that indicates that I am rooted or not.

Android – 2.2
Radio – 2.15.00.07.28
Kernal – 2.6.32.15-g5e1ad8b
Build – 3.26.605.1 CL264707
Software 3.26.605.1

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